Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Nov. 8, 1918 [November 8, 1918] Wea [Weather] 
Fine
Early morn calm and cloudless with 
keen, but not frosty, air. Forenoon sunny
& rather warm despite some northerly
wind. Chill N.E. [northeast] wind & gathering
clouds by 3 P.M. & later.
  Renewed dearth of bird life. 10 or 12
Juncos & a Tree Sparrow, 3 Goldfinches
& a Pine Linnet, 2 or 3 Jays & as
many Crows, & a Downy Woodpecker
comprise a full list of birds seen or
heard about our house & orchard.
  At Concord I saw a single Tit lark
flying low over Peterson's field &
heard a Hairy Woodpecker calling
in Sewall's oak grove.
  Shortly after breakfast Gilbert & I
motored to Concord to look at a
tip cart belonging to Dr. Cheeney which
Brown thinks can be bought for $50.
It is smaller & lighter than mine.
  Spent remainder of day about our
farm boxing apples etc with Burbank
& Zeph. George harrowed field across road.

Bell ringing & whistle blowing of yesterday premature. Great war still going on in France & Belgium.

Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Nov. 9, 1918 [November 9, 1918] Wea [Weather] 
Dull.
The sun rose clear but soon entered
clouds from which it did not afterwards
emerge to temper the chill forlorness of
a typical late November day. A little
fine rain fell towards evening. Very
little wind & that southerly yet chill.
  A Northern Shrike, 10 or 12 Juncos, 3 or 4
Jays & a few Crows were all the birds
seen or heard about the Farm to-day.
The Shrike appeared in the big
dooryard elm just as we finished
breakfast & evidently intent on securing
his own sat crouched on a high
branch for half a minute watching
some Juncos flitting about the millet
over the wall. Finally he swooped at
them with arrowy swiftness scattering
the little flock in wild panic but more
than this I failed to see.
  Spent entire day out of doors working
with the three men. We dug potatoes
& dahlia bulbs, took down wire chicken
yard fences & did various other more 
or less useful & necessary things.